11.   Business World, a respected economic daily, said the figure was culled from an updated economic development plan obtained from a government agency last week.

12.   Cancelling the partnership would trigger fears of a substantial impact on how emerging stockmarkets would be reorganised in Japan, the economic daily said.

13.   Earlier, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun economic daily reported that Mizuho Financial Group pans to cut the salaries of all employees of group banks as part of its restructuring.

14.   European capital and cooperation will also be sought at the summit to improve infrastructure in Asia, the influential economic daily said.

15.   The settlement proposal is to be presented to Japanese companies involved in the class action, the economic daily said.

16.   They plan to summon a former legislator and the owner of an economic daily to question them over their suspected links with Yoon.

17.   Tokyo remains the most expensive city in the world for homes and offices, the economic daily Nihon Keizai reported Tuesday.

18.   They aim to slash public works spending intensively over the next three years, the major economic daily said.

19.   Local restaurants are alienated from the Olympic promotion as they are not even allowed to display official Games posters, the economic daily Nihon Keizai reported.

20.   Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto would order Construction Minister Shizuka Kamei later in the day to start drawing up such policies, the major economic daily said.